Re: [Talk-in] OSM workshop in Mumbai tomorrow morning
Involving colleges is a very good idea.Let me see field papers...I have mapping heavily but use GPS phones or devices. If any one of the student also has a gps phone, I am happy to do duct a simple workshop in a remote college. From: Arun GaneshSent: Saturday, 7 December 2013 11:00 AMTo: OpenStreetMap in IndiaReply To: OpenStreetMap in IndiaSubject: Re: [Talk-in] OSM workshop in Mumbai tomorrow morningOn Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Paramvir Singh paramvi...@gmail.com wrote: How was the workshop? Turnout?We need more mappers in India... Hi Paramvir, we had around 16 participants mostly from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Tata Institute of Social Sciences. A whole range of topics was covered which has been documented here:https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/osm We experimented with micromapping of trees on campus using field papers and it was quite successful:http://fieldpapers.org/atlas.php?id=ksw2wgqm#18/19.04235/72.92766 There was also a demo of how to get OSM data into QGIS to very quickly make custom maps.A little background behind the workshop. The Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education and TISS are involved creating a pilot program to introduce digital literacy in colleges in he country [http://nussd.tiss.edu/]. This workshop was an experiment to check if we will be able to introduce a mapping course using OSM in a context of limited technical resources in smaller towns and villages. This was a followup to an experiment we conducted with college students in a rural town called Talasari (100km north of Mumbai), where students who have never used maps or seen satellite imagery were asked to map their town using field papers. Here is a sample scan from one such student:http://fieldpapers.org/snapshot.php?id=ct6bd9b3#17/20.12548/72.91690 We have also been collecting potential issues with all the tools and hope to get them fixed/discussed. There might be a lot of mappers from India pretty soon :) On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:59 AM, Aditya Nag aditya.nag.2...@gmail.com wrote: Too bad I wouldn't be able to attend it. Mumbai is too far away from home and this was announced in too short a notice. I've always wanted to attend one of these workshops since I started contributing to OSM. Maybe next time. Regards, Aditya Nag. On 05-Dec-2013 7:55 PM, "Arun Ganesh" arun.plane...@gmail.com wrote: Since I'm in the city, I'm taking hand on session on contributing to OSM to those interested at the Homi Bhaba Centre for Science Education, Anushakti Nagar. Its open for public, but please RSVP to Amit. What I expect to cover:* Paper mapping using field papers* Geo referencing and digitizing map scans* OSM editing using iD* Loading OSM data in Quantum GIS * Creating basic visualization with QGIS--As a part of NUSSD Digital Literacy Trainers' Training Programme, Gnowledge Lab is organising a one day hands-on workshop on "Contributing to Open Street Map (OSM)" on 06-12-2013 OSM is community driven and an open data effort to build maps with data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world. The project uses diverse methods for contribution from the people and also emphasises on local knowledge. Local area mapping and contributing to OSM is one of the projects for the NUSSD Digital Literacy course. The workshop will cover the basics of mapping, and some advanced topics. For more information about the project please visit:http://www.openstreetmap.org The workshop will be guided by Arun Ganesh. Arun is an expert in mapping and has been contributing to the OSM project for a long time. Time:10 am to 3 pm Date: 06-12-2013Venue:Room No 217, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science EducationTata Institute of Fundamental Research V. N. Purav Marg, MankhurdMumbai, 400088 INDIA Please bring your laptops for the workshop.Please forward this mail to people who might be interested. Those who miss this workshop will be trained by those who attend this workshop. RSVP: Amit Dhakulkar |dam...@gnowledge.org|9819350953 -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org
Re: [Talk-in] OSM workshop in Mumbai tomorrow morning
Just checked out fieldpapers.orgIt's awesome. From: Arun GaneshSent: Saturday, 7 December 2013 11:00 AMTo: OpenStreetMap in IndiaReply To: OpenStreetMap in IndiaSubject: Re: [Talk-in] OSM workshop in Mumbai tomorrow morningOn Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Paramvir Singh paramvi...@gmail.com wrote: How was the workshop? Turnout?We need more mappers in India... Hi Paramvir, we had around 16 participants mostly from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Tata Institute of Social Sciences. A whole range of topics was covered which has been documented here:https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/osm We experimented with micromapping of trees on campus using field papers and it was quite successful:http://fieldpapers.org/atlas.php?id=ksw2wgqm#18/19.04235/72.92766 There was also a demo of how to get OSM data into QGIS to very quickly make custom maps.A little background behind the workshop. The Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education and TISS are involved creating a pilot program to introduce digital literacy in colleges in he country [http://nussd.tiss.edu/]. This workshop was an experiment to check if we will be able to introduce a mapping course using OSM in a context of limited technical resources in smaller towns and villages. This was a followup to an experiment we conducted with college students in a rural town called Talasari (100km north of Mumbai), where students who have never used maps or seen satellite imagery were asked to map their town using field papers. Here is a sample scan from one such student:http://fieldpapers.org/snapshot.php?id=ct6bd9b3#17/20.12548/72.91690 We have also been collecting potential issues with all the tools and hope to get them fixed/discussed. There might be a lot of mappers from India pretty soon :) On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:59 AM, Aditya Nag aditya.nag.2...@gmail.com wrote: Too bad I wouldn't be able to attend it. Mumbai is too far away from home and this was announced in too short a notice. I've always wanted to attend one of these workshops since I started contributing to OSM. Maybe next time. Regards, Aditya Nag. On 05-Dec-2013 7:55 PM, "Arun Ganesh" arun.plane...@gmail.com wrote: Since I'm in the city, I'm taking hand on session on contributing to OSM to those interested at the Homi Bhaba Centre for Science Education, Anushakti Nagar. Its open for public, but please RSVP to Amit. What I expect to cover:* Paper mapping using field papers* Geo referencing and digitizing map scans* OSM editing using iD* Loading OSM data in Quantum GIS * Creating basic visualization with QGIS--As a part of NUSSD Digital Literacy Trainers' Training Programme, Gnowledge Lab is organising a one day hands-on workshop on "Contributing to Open Street Map (OSM)" on 06-12-2013 OSM is community driven and an open data effort to build maps with data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world. The project uses diverse methods for contribution from the people and also emphasises on local knowledge. Local area mapping and contributing to OSM is one of the projects for the NUSSD Digital Literacy course. The workshop will cover the basics of mapping, and some advanced topics. For more information about the project please visit:http://www.openstreetmap.org The workshop will be guided by Arun Ganesh. Arun is an expert in mapping and has been contributing to the OSM project for a long time. Time:10 am to 3 pm Date: 06-12-2013Venue:Room No 217, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science EducationTata Institute of Fundamental Research V. N. Purav Marg, MankhurdMumbai, 400088 INDIA Please bring your laptops for the workshop.Please forward this mail to people who might be interested. Those who miss this workshop will be trained by those who attend this workshop. RSVP: Amit Dhakulkar |dam...@gnowledge.org|9819350953 -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org
Re: [Talk-in] OSM workshop in Mumbai tomorrow morning
How was the workshop? Turnout? We need more mappers in India... On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:59 AM, Aditya Nag aditya.nag.2...@gmail.comwrote: Too bad I wouldn't be able to attend it. Mumbai is too far away from home and this was announced in too short a notice. I've always wanted to attend one of these workshops since I started contributing to OSM. Maybe next time. Regards, Aditya Nag. On 05-Dec-2013 7:55 PM, Arun Ganesh arun.plane...@gmail.com wrote: Since I'm in the city, I'm taking hand on session on contributing to OSM to those interested at the Homi Bhaba Centre for Science Education, Anushakti Nagar. Its open for public, but please RSVP to Amit. What I expect to cover: * Paper mapping using field papers * Geo referencing and digitizing map scans * OSM editing using iD * Loading OSM data in Quantum GIS * Creating basic visualization with QGIS -- As a part of NUSSD Digital Literacy Trainers' Training Programme, Gnowledge Lab is organising a one day hands-on workshop on Contributing to Open Street Map (OSM) on 06-12-2013 OSM is community driven and an open data effort to build maps with data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world. The project uses diverse methods for contribution from the people and also emphasises on local knowledge. Local area mapping and contributing to OSM is one of the projects for the NUSSD Digital Literacy course. The workshop will cover the basics of mapping, and some advanced topics. For more information about the project please visit: http://www.openstreetmap.org The workshop will be guided by Arun Ganesh. Arun is an expert in mapping and has been contributing to the OSM project for a long time. Time: 10 am to 3 pm Date: 06-12-2013 Venue: Room No 217, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education Tata Institute of Fundamental Research V. N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd Mumbai, 400088 INDIA Please bring your laptops for the workshop. Please forward this mail to people who might be interested. Those who miss this workshop will be trained by those who attend this workshop. RSVP: Amit Dhakulkar | dam...@gnowledge.org | 9819350953 -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad http://j.mp/ArunGanesh ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
Re: [Talk-in] OSM workshop in Mumbai tomorrow morning
On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Paramvir Singh paramvi...@gmail.com wrote: How was the workshop? Turnout? We need more mappers in India... Hi Paramvir, we had around 16 participants mostly from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Tata Institute of Social Sciences. A whole range of topics was covered which has been documented here: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/osm We experimented with micromapping of trees on campus using field papers and it was quite successful: http://fieldpapers.org/atlas.php?id=ksw2wgqm#18/19.04235/72.92766 There was also a demo of how to get OSM data into QGIS to very quickly make custom maps. A little background behind the workshop. The Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education and TISS are involved creating a pilot program to introduce digital literacy in colleges in he country [http://nussd.tiss.edu/]. This workshop was an experiment to check if we will be able to introduce a mapping course using OSM in a context of limited technical resources in smaller towns and villages. This was a followup to an experiment we conducted with college students in a rural town called Talasari (100km north of Mumbai), where students who have never used maps or seen satellite imagery were asked to map their town using field papers. Here is a sample scan from one such student: http://fieldpapers.org/snapshot.php?id=ct6bd9b3#17/20.12548/72.91690 We have also been collecting potential issues with all the tools and hope to get them fixed/discussed. There might be a lot of mappers from India pretty soon :) On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:59 AM, Aditya Nag aditya.nag.2...@gmail.comwrote: Too bad I wouldn't be able to attend it. Mumbai is too far away from home and this was announced in too short a notice. I've always wanted to attend one of these workshops since I started contributing to OSM. Maybe next time. Regards, Aditya Nag. On 05-Dec-2013 7:55 PM, Arun Ganesh arun.plane...@gmail.com wrote: Since I'm in the city, I'm taking hand on session on contributing to OSM to those interested at the Homi Bhaba Centre for Science Education, Anushakti Nagar. Its open for public, but please RSVP to Amit. What I expect to cover: * Paper mapping using field papers * Geo referencing and digitizing map scans * OSM editing using iD * Loading OSM data in Quantum GIS * Creating basic visualization with QGIS -- As a part of NUSSD Digital Literacy Trainers' Training Programme, Gnowledge Lab is organising a one day hands-on workshop on Contributing to Open Street Map (OSM) on 06-12-2013 OSM is community driven and an open data effort to build maps with data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world. The project uses diverse methods for contribution from the people and also emphasises on local knowledge. Local area mapping and contributing to OSM is one of the projects for the NUSSD Digital Literacy course. The workshop will cover the basics of mapping, and some advanced topics. For more information about the project please visit: http://www.openstreetmap.org The workshop will be guided by Arun Ganesh. Arun is an expert in mapping and has been contributing to the OSM project for a long time. Time: 10 am to 3 pm Date: 06-12-2013 Venue: Room No 217, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education Tata Institute of Fundamental Research V. N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd Mumbai, 400088 INDIA Please bring your laptops for the workshop. Please forward this mail to people who might be interested. Those who miss this workshop will be trained by those who attend this workshop. RSVP: Amit Dhakulkar | dam...@gnowledge.org | 9819350953 -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad http://j.mp/ArunGanesh ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad http://j.mp/ArunGanesh ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
Re: [Talk-in] OSM workshop in Mumbai tomorrow morning
Sounds fun, wish I could be there Mikel ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
Re: [Talk-in] OSM workshop in Mumbai tomorrow morning
Too bad I wouldn't be able to attend it. Mumbai is too far away from home and this was announced in too short a notice. I've always wanted to attend one of these workshops since I started contributing to OSM. Maybe next time. Regards, Aditya Nag. On 05-Dec-2013 7:55 PM, Arun Ganesh arun.plane...@gmail.com wrote: Since I'm in the city, I'm taking hand on session on contributing to OSM to those interested at the Homi Bhaba Centre for Science Education, Anushakti Nagar. Its open for public, but please RSVP to Amit. What I expect to cover: * Paper mapping using field papers * Geo referencing and digitizing map scans * OSM editing using iD * Loading OSM data in Quantum GIS * Creating basic visualization with QGIS -- As a part of NUSSD Digital Literacy Trainers' Training Programme, Gnowledge Lab is organising a one day hands-on workshop on Contributing to Open Street Map (OSM) on 06-12-2013 OSM is community driven and an open data effort to build maps with data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world. The project uses diverse methods for contribution from the people and also emphasises on local knowledge. Local area mapping and contributing to OSM is one of the projects for the NUSSD Digital Literacy course. The workshop will cover the basics of mapping, and some advanced topics. For more information about the project please visit: http://www.openstreetmap.org The workshop will be guided by Arun Ganesh. Arun is an expert in mapping and has been contributing to the OSM project for a long time. Time: 10 am to 3 pm Date: 06-12-2013 Venue: Room No 217, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education Tata Institute of Fundamental Research V. N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd Mumbai, 400088 INDIA Please bring your laptops for the workshop. Please forward this mail to people who might be interested. Those who miss this workshop will be trained by those who attend this workshop. RSVP: Amit Dhakulkar | dam...@gnowledge.org | 9819350953 -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad http://j.mp/ArunGanesh ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
